Meantime, Australia's Cadel Evans is now ranked third, behind Fabian Cancellara, following his overall win at the Tour of Romandie.The next three weeks of racing will see no less than 1596 points distributed so there should be some big changes to the current standings. Should Italian Michele Scarponi climb onto the podium at the Giro d'Italia, he should dethrone Gilbert. Meantime, the other threat that looms large is Albert o Contador should he achieve similar results in the year's first grand tour.

In the nations classification Belgium does not score a point but still retains the leadership. Australia has narrowed the gap but it is especially Italy and Spain that are most threatening with the Giro to come. France is still the ninth but Great Britain's Mark Cavendish and Co is on its heels.

HTC-Highroad retains its lead in the teams rankings thanks to the strong performance of Tony Martin, Marco Pinotti at the Tour of Romandie.

Results

World Rankings as of May 1, 2011

#

Rider Name (Country) Team

Result

1

Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

356

pts

2

Fabian Cancellara Sui) Leopard Trek

236

3

Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team

232

4

Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad

203

5

Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack

202

6

Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-ISD

202

7

Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad

197

8

Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel

163

9

Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank

156

10

Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana

146

11

Chris Horner (USA) Team RadioShack

143

12

Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step

140

13

Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha

127

14

Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team

110

15

Rigoberto Uran (Col) Sky ProCycling

107

16

Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo Bank-SunGard

106

17

Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervélo

106

18

Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad

102

19

Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team

100

20

Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank-SunGard

100

21

Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervélo

100

22

Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek

94

23

Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas

92

24

Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas

91

25

Xavier Tondo (Spa) Movistar Team

90

26

Ben Swift (GBr) Sky ProCycling

89

27

Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step

80

28

André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto

78

29

Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky ProCycling

75

30

Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervélo

72

31

Andy Schleck (Schleck) Leopard Trek

72

32

Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank

70

33

Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank

70

34

Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek

60

35

Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack

60

36

Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervélo

60

37

Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana

60

38

Grégory Rast (Sui) Team RadioShack

60

39

Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM

54

40

Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank

52

41

Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky ProCycling

51

42

Lars Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad

50

43

Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank

50

44

Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha

50

45

Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team

46

46

Bernhard Eisel (Aus) HTC-Highroad

44

47

Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek

41

48

Christophe Jean Peraud (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale

41

49

Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank-SunGard

41

50

George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team

40

Nations

#

Rider Name (Country) Team

Result

1

Belgium

750

pts

2

Australia

662

3

Spain

596

4

Italy

587

5

Germany

484

6

Netherlands

368

7

Switzerland

296

8

United States

276

9

France

178

10

Great Britain

174

11

Luxembourg

166

12

Kazakhstan

146

13

Denmark

132

14

Colombia

107

15

Ireland

72

16

Czech Republic

61

17

Russia

60

18

Slovenia

60

19

Austria

44

20

Portugal

44

21

Norway

20

22

Belarus

12

23

Canada

12

24

New Zealand

11

25

Argentina

9

26

Latvia

6

27

Sweden

4

28

Ukraine

4

29

Slovakia

2

30

Costa Rica

1

31

Poland

1

Teams

#

Rider Name (Country) Team

Result

1

HTC-HighRoad

596

pts

2

Leopard Trek

503

3

Team RadioShack

495

4

Omega Pharma-Lotto

459

5

BMC Racing Team

416

6

Rabobank

398

7

Team Garmin-Cervélo

358

8

Sky ProCycling

333

9

Movistar Team

299

10

Saxo Bank-SunGard

262

11

Lampre-ISD

260

12

Team Katusha

243

13

Quick Step

234

14

Pro Team Astana

224

15

Euskaltel-Euskadi

201

16

Liquigas-Cannondale

188

17

Ag2r La Mondiale

106

18

Vacansoleil-DCM

74

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